ماذا يَقولُ الَّذي يُغَنّي

يا خَيرَ مَن تَحتَ ذي السَماءِ

What does he who sings say

What words are these the singer chants,

O best of those under the sky

O best of all beneath the sky?

شَغَلتَ قَلبي بِلَحظِ عَيني

إِلَيكَ عَن حُسنِ ذا الغِناءِ

You have occupied my heart with a glance of my eyes

You seized my heart with my own gaze,

To you, over the beauty of this singing

And turned me from the song's sweet sigh.